ANDER HERRERA SPANISH FOOTBALL YOUNG PROMISE | ATHLETIC DE BILBAO NEW PLAYER

ANDER HERRERA scored the winner for the U-21 Spanish Football Team yesterday against Denmark in their International Friendly. The 21 year old has also been signed by Athletic de Bilbao from Real Zaragoza for next season for 8M€ making the young promise the 2º nd highest paid for a player by Athletic de Bilbao. Due to the Bilbao Club history long policy of only having players with a Basque

SPAIN 2 DENMARK 1 | U-21 INTERNATIONAL FRIENDLY RESULT

SPANISH FOOTBALL U-21 NATIONAL TEAM defeated DENMARK 2 - 1 in their Friendly International game played tonight in the city of Gualadajara. 



Spain scores against Denmark

The first half saw a well positioned Denmark side allowing Spain the initiative & using the counter-attack as their main weapon. Spain was playing well & had their chances while Denmark made the odd incursion via the wings.

ARSENAL FC EYES SEVILLA FC JESUS NAVAS AGAIN?

Spanish Football media has picked up a news "flash" from English radio programe "Talk Sport" which although maybe just healthy speculation has made ripples down towards the Iberian peninsula.

The talk is that English Premier League Club ARSENAL FC has once again put its sights on SEVILLA FC winger & Spanish International JESUS NAVAS. I mention again because Arsenal has had Navas on their agenda

SPANISH SPORTS - FOOTBALL RECEIVE MORE WORLD PRIZES FOR AN EXTRAORDINARY 2010

Night of big prizes for SPANISH SPORTS, in particular in the SPANISH FOOTBALL & SPANISH TENNIS areas, as the SPANISH NATIONAL FOOTBALL TEAM won the 2010 "Best Team" LAUREUS AWARD, along with Spanish World Nº 1 Tennis player RAFAEL NADAL awarded his second LAUREUS AWARD as "Sportman of the Year".

But the awards did not stop here as Spanish Football International forward DAVID VILLA was also

CRISTIANO RONALDO BACK CONTROL | "ESPALDINHA"

In case you missed it yesterday during the REAL MADRID Spanish Legaue match, here is a video of a CRISTIANO RONALDO "party - piece" against Real Sociedad. Unfortunately the referee called the play off-side but that does not take away the skill & execution.

SPANISH FOOTBALL - SPANISH LEAGUE | ROUND 22 SUNDAY GAMES RESULTS

SPANISH FOOTBALL action tonight with three games of Round 22 in the Spanish League after the other 7 were all played last night. Here are brief summaries of the matches, results & the scorers.



Sevilla FC player Luis Fabiano against Malaga
defender Demichelis

SEVILLA FC drew 0 - 0 against MALAGA in a "Southern Spain" derby that showed more than anything else that Sevilla is not firing on all

FC BARCELONA BREAKS SPANISH FOOTBALL - LEAGUE RECORD WITH 16 STRAIGHT WINS

Bit of trivia for global Barça fans & Football fans alike.

The FC BARCELONA 3 - 0 victory over Atletico de Madrid in Round 22 of the Spanish League yesterday gave this particular Barça side another SPANISH FOOTBALL record.



FC Barcelona 2010 - 2011

Barça broke the record previously held by Real Madrid of 15 consecutive victories in the Spanish League. Real Madrid under its star Di Stefano

SPANISH FOOTBALL - SOCCER ROUND 22 SATURDAY NIGHT RESULTS

SPANISH FOOTBALL action tonight with Round 22 of the Spanish League with seven matches scheduled & plenty of goals. Here is a quick summary of the games, results & scorers. 




David Lopez scores for Bilbao

ATHLETIC DE BILBAO won 3 - 0 REAL SPORTING DE GIJON in a game "scared" by an early 15th min red card to Sporting defender Gregory that left Sporting in a serious disadvantage thereafter.

SPANISH FOOTBALL FLASHBACK | 19 September 2009 Round 3 | FC BARCELONA 5 AT.MADRID 2

Big game in SPANISH FOOTBALL tonight as part of Round 22 of the Spanish League, the always exciting FC Barcelona - Atletico de Madrid clash. These encounters have traditionally been high scoring games that have tantalize spectators & fans.


Atletico de Madrid is looking to win back some pride tonight, lost form & grab three vital points so as to not lose the "Euro classification table"

CHELSEA FC UNVEIL NEW FERNANDO TORRES SONG | VIDEO

New star Chelsea FC signing Spanish International forward FERNANDO TORRES now has a song at his new Club. Yes, Chelsea could not be less than Liverpool & have notched up a song that smell every little bit of it as pure Marketing as the "publicity machine" kicks off to recoup part of the Investment in sponsorships & merchandising.

The only negative bit is the "fake" Spanish accent from Chris

SPANISH NATIONAL FOOTBALL TEAM LIST ANNOUNCED FOR COLOMBIA INTERNATIONAL FRIENDLY

SPANISH NATIONAL FOOTBALL TEAM Selector & Coach Vicente del Bosque has handed in his list of 21 Spanish Football players to make up the squad for the upcoming International Friendly against COLOMBIA on the 9th of February. This match also serves as a trainer for the soon to return Euro Group qualifiers & to keep the team tuned. The novelty is the absence of FC Barcelona defender Carles Puyol who

REAL MADRID - SERGIO AGUERO | OFFER 28M€ + ALVARO NEGREDO ?

The connection REAL MADRID - SERGIO AGUERO intensifies on a daily basis even though it still is on the rumour level. Spanish Sports paper "Marca" - with a reputation of exaggerating & looking for exclusives at all costs: real or false - publish on their front cover that Real Madrid has "prepared" a package to offer ATLETICO DE MADRID for forward SERGIO AGUERO. According to the "spot light" hungry

SPANISH CUP RESULTS | 2º LEG SEMI FINAL | ALMERIA 0 - FC BARCELONA 3 | REAL MADRID 2 - SEVILLA FC 0

We have the two finalists that will meet on the 20th of April in the final of the SPANISH CUP after tonights 2º leg semi-final clashes that saw FC BARCELONA & REAL MADRID win their ties & set up another "Clasico" of Spanish Football.

The last time Real Madrid lifted the Spanish Cup was in 1993 & from there to today the walk across the Spanish Cup "desert" has been more painful than the years of

SPAIN STILL NUMBER ONE IN FIFA WORLD RANKING FOR FEBRUARY

FIFA has released its monthly list of Top World National Football Teams with SPAIN retaining the Number One ranking. There has been little to really calculate for FIFA since last month except the Doha International matches & the more recent Asian Cup games were Japan won the title & lifted them 12 positions to place them in the 17th spot on the World ranking.

Below is the Top 15 list of National

SPANISH FOOTBALL | THE IN - OUT | SPANISH LEAGUE CLUBS | WINTER TRANSFER MARKET

The transfer “2011 Winter Market” ended at 00.00 today with the following moves in Spanish Football & with the Spanish League Clubs. Below is a complete list of Spanish League – Liga Clubs & their players in – out guide:


:: Barcelona: New: Affelay. Out: Rochina (Blackburn).
:: Real Madrid: New: Adebayor. Out: Diarra (Mónaco), Mateos (AEK).
:: Villarreal: New: Cicinho. Out: Montero (Levante).
::

FERNANDO TORRES 58M€ TRANSFER TO CHELSEA FC A RECORD FOR A SPANISH PLAYER - RECORD BETWEEN ENGLISH CLUBS

According to the LIVERPOOL FC Web news the English Club has agreed to the CHELSEA FC transfer price & offer of 58M€ for Spanish International Football player FERNANDO TORRES. This makes Fernando Torres the highest ever transfered player in monetary terms in the history for a Spanish born Football player & between two English Clubs. Overall, Fernando Torres is now the 6th highest ever transfer in

REAL MADRID | MOURINHO - VALDANO - DARK HUMOUR

Football is unpredictable, so much so that one has to be very careful on what they say & how they act because the future & the results are totally unknown. With this Soccer philosophical note Barcelona paper "Sport" via its cartoon section "Futbolitis" has captured well the REAL MADRID situation after losing yesterday in La Liga & falling behind 7 points in the Spanish  League in reference to FC

SPANISH LEAGUE - LIGA RESULTS | 2010 - 2011 | SHOCK AS REAL MADRID LOSE

Big SPANISH FOOTBALL surprises in today's three Round 21 Spanish League - La Liga scheduled games. Both Madrid teams lost & Real Madrid now follows behind Spanish League Table leaders FC Barcelona by 7 points. Here is a summary of events, results & the scorers.



Toquero scores for At. Bilbao

ATLETICO DE MADRID has entered into a free fall downward turn after today's 0 - 2 defeat to ATHLETIC DE

SPAIN BRONZE MEDAL HANDBALL WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS

Proud day for SPANISH SPORT & SPANISH HANDBALL with SPAIN winning the home team Sweden 23 - 24 in the Handball World Championships 3rd place game to take the Bronze Medal.

Spain have had a wonderful tournament only being defeated by the mighty Danish team by 4 points in their semi - final clash. An excellent match with an extraordinary defensive effort that kept out Sweden & allowed the Spanish

CRISTIANO RONALDO ON RECORD BREAKING NUMBERS COURSE AT REAL MADRID

REAL MADRID player CRISTIANO RONALDO will play his 50th game with the Club in the Spanish League tonight against Osasuna. Apart from the congratulations the Portuguese is racing onwards towards record breaking numbers. Cristiano Ronaldo has 49 goals from 49 games ( some sources put 48 goals because a goal that hit Pepe on the back is doubtful) that calculates into a 100% average that not even

SPANISH LEAGUE - LIGA | 2010 - 2011 | ROUND 21 SATURDAY MATCH RESULTS

SPANISH FOOTBALL celebrated six matches today of the SPANISH LEAGUE - LA LIGA as part of Round 21 that has given the following results & scorers.



Sporting Gijon player Novo (right) scores

REAL SPORTING DE GIJON notched up its third straight victory with a 0 -  4 result over REAL MALLORCA who are going through a difficult moment. The home side was furious with some referee decisions but

REAL MADRID | LOAN - TRANSFER - SIGNING RUMOURS

Woke up this morning & found some interesting news & specualtion concerning possible loans, transfers & signings coming out of Spanish Sports daily "AS" in reference to REAL MADRID CF. The "Winter Transfer Market" ends the 31st of January & Clubs are making their last minute moves & deals.

Apart from this, the mentioned Sports daily speculates on the future set up of the Real Madrid squad for

DIEGO FORLAN CLAIMS REAL MADRID MADE AN OFFER | I DON´T BELIEVE IT

ATLETICO DE MADRID Uruguayan forward DIEGO FORLAN has said to Spanish media today that REAL MADRID contacted his Club early in the week - concretely Director General ( in fact the real owner of Atletico de Madrid) Angel Gil Marin - to make an offer & attempt to sign the player. Forlan added that Atletico refused the offer & said that he was not for sale.  


BULLSHIT . This is my personal

VALENCIA CF SIGNS JONAS FROM GREMIO

Another new incorporation to Spanish Football this time via VALENCIA CF with their "Winter Market" signing of Brazilian "Golden Boot" JONAS GONCALVEZ from GREMIO



Jonas in action 

The 26 year old forward comes at a relative economical price of 1.2M€ & signs until 2015. The new player complements the Valencia CF forward line along with Aduriz & Soldado.

Welcome & good luck in the Spanish

SEVILLA FC SIGNS MEDEL - RAKITIC

Spanish Football has two new incorporations & specifically with SEVILLA FC who signed two new players just before the close of the "2011 Winter Transfer Market". They are defensive Chilean midfielder & now ex-Boca Junior player GARY MEDEL, & young 22 year old Croatian forward RAKITIC from German Club Schelke 04



Medel  - Rakitic 


The Chilean Medal comes for 3M€ approx & signs for 4 seasons,